President Cyril Ramaphosa has defended his sanction against Small Business Development Deputy Minister Dipuo Peters.
Peters's one-month suspension without pay became effective on 28 February.breached the code of ethical conductresponded to a question by Freedom Front Plus leader Pieter Groenewald who wanted to know why the president had not fired Peters in line with good governance and his fight against corruption.WATCH: Steenhuisen slams ‘accused number one’ Ramaphosa after Hawks raid Mapisa-Nqakula’s home
“These recommendations are currently receiving attention from a number of law enforcement agencies and other bodies.”“That is a lie,” he said, adding that action would be taken when law enforcement agencies complete their work. “Contracts that were not supposed to be entered into have been cancelled and I can count that it amounted to R86 billion at some stage, which is a substantial.
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